Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-10-05

tae 0aA Oa!IoS i~eSelVdClon nave gone on
the war path. So far as can be learn d the
cause of the outbreak is without depth. So
far no one has been killed, but d~epredations
on stock ranches have resulted in much loss
and the intrepidity out;ivals all past ex-
ploits. The troops at camp north of town
lave been ordered to prepare for march,
and are standing on arms. Business has
almost entirely suspended, and the streets
areflled with people discussing the affair.
A special from Muskegon, Mich,
says the residence OF Frank A. How'd, was
partially destroyed by fire about 10 O'Clock
at night during the absence of Mrs. how'd,
who was q . Temperance meeting. Three
children, Walter, Cora and Osborne, aged
spectively, were suffocated. Itlis supposed
that a lamp which had cen left burning,
exploded Inc set fro to the house. Neigh
bors discovered the blaze, but went to turn
in an alarm before entering the house not
knowing that the children were there.
Oscar Neebe, the Chicago Anarchist
sentenced to IA year. in the p%enitentiary
was quietly taken to Joliet, on the 26th, in
accordance with the command of tho Su-
preme Court. The affair was handled very
adroitly, and the reporters watching at the
Jail were detained there, until the train
with Neebe on board had left the city, and
the run to Joliet was made in two hours
and the prisoner was safely received.
In a fight in Matagorda county,
Texas, between a large mob of negroes and
a posse of whites under command of Capt.
Bates, four negroes were killed, including
Burton Hawkins, one of the leaders. 1t is
not known how many were wounded. The
whites lost two horses. The trouble arose
over the death Of Jerry Massena, a colored
constable, who started out to arrest a white
planter named Sanborn.
At Annapolis, Nd, Mrs. Mary E.
McNasby, wife Of q furniture dealer COW
hided the wife of John Brown. The cow
hiding was a severe one, and is likely to be
the subject of an investigation before a
magistrate. The cause Of the trouble is
reported to nave been a suspicion on Mrs.
McNasby's part Of undue intimacy between
her husband and Mrs. Brown.
Jacob Bupp, of Woods Bun, Ale
gheny Co. Pa, a suburb of Pittsburg, has
written to Sheriff Mattson, of Chicago, for
the contract for making the ropes with
which to hang the condemned anarchists.
Mr.. Bupp has made tho ropes used in every
execution in that county since 1910. and
nearly every one that had been used in the
state
The first day Of tho National G. A.
r., encampment opened with an attend
ance of over 10000, and it was believed that
Louis, including tho veterans. There are
tent accommodations for 5000 G. A. r.,
men,. The Minnesota delegation, 400 strong
arrived at @, m, on the 27th.S ~
Rain continued increasingly at st
Louis, through tho third day of the g. A. R.,
encampment, but it was decided to have
marching In q sea of mud and sheets OF
rain. The effect can be imagined if not
described, but the disappo; ntment cannot
be put into words. IT.
At Halifax, n. S. Hon A. w. Nc
Lellan, postmaster-general, has admitted
bribery by agents in his election for the
house Of commons, and his seat for Colches.
ter is. consequently rendered vacant.
Mcclellan are yet to be heard.
At Ronceyerte, Greenbrier County,
". Va, Friday night, Mrs. Louise Eldridge
wife Of q prominent citizen, was myster.
iOusly a~ssassinated at her own door by
some unknown person, who fired 4 bullet
from = Winchester rifle through her heart.
At Charleston, 5. G.. by the falling
Of q scaffolding around the court house
building Contractor Kerigan and seven
coIored workmen were precipitated to the
ground and all seriously, and several OF
hem, it il feared, fatally injured.
The total value Of the imports into
Canada, for the month Of August last was
So, 7699, $50. The duty collected was e2,9s8,
s g q r sla d tet ~ ya nf 1 81 ths Is s5 5R1 oss . inc r.
produce Of Canada.
AT Lynchburg, Va, Mrs. Jennie
Thorley was arrested in tho National y *